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THE WORLD'S AIRLINES . . .
Compania Cubana de Aviacion, S.A. (Cubana), Havana.— Domestic services and to Guatemala, Mexico, Salvador, the
U.S.A., Bermuda, Azores, Portugal, Spain and Haiti. Fleet: three Lockheed Constellations, six DC-3s, one C-46 and one Stinson.
On order: two Super Constellations.
Continental Airlines, Inc., Denver.—Routes from Denver to Kansas City and St. Louis in the east, San Antonio and El Paso
in the south with through-aircraft service to California and Houston. Fleet: two DC-6Bs, seven Convair 340s, ten DC-3s
and one Convair 240 and one DC-6B on lease.
Delta C. & S. Air Lines, Atlanta, Ga.—Operating from Chicago in the north to Houston and Miami in die south with
international routes to Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Repub lic, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Fleet: Douglas DC-7s (to total
ten), seven DC-6s, 21 DC-3s, 20 Convair 340s, and six Lockheed Constellations.
Eastern Air Lines, Inc., New York City.—Operates extensive network in Eastern States and services to Mexico City and Puerto
Rico. E.A.L. carried over 4,750,000 passengers in 1952. Fleet: 29 Lockheed Super Constellations, 19 Constellations, 60 Martin
4-0-4s and 12 Douglas DC-4s. On order: 12 DC-7s.
EI Al (Israel Airlines Ltd.), Tel Aviv.—Transatlantic services via Greece, Italy, Switzerland, France and United Kingdom;
European services to Turkey, Greece, Italy and Austria and African route to Nairobi and Johannesburg. Fleet: three Lock
heed Constellations and five Curtiss C-46s.
Iberia (Lineas Aereas Espafiolas), Madrid.—European ser vices, Spanish domestic services and to South America, Cuba,
Mexico, Canary Is. and Spanish West Africa. Fleet: six Douglas DC-4s, 16 DC-3s, four Bristol 170s, three D.H.89s and two
Junkers-Ju 52/3ms. On order: three Lockheed Super Con stellations. »
Indian Airlines Corporation, Calcutta.—Responsible for the operation of Indian domestic services and services to Pakistan,
Ceylon, Burma, Nepal and Afghanistan. Fleet: three Douglas DC-4s, 77 DC-3s, 12 Vickers-Armstrongs Vikings and some
smaller aircraft.
K.L.M. (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.—Royal Dutch Air Lines), The Hague.—European, West Indies and New
Guinea networks and routes from Europe to Norm and South America, South Africa, the Middle and Far East and Australia.
"Flight" photograph
FLIGHT, 21 May 1954
Passengers disembark from a Braniff International Airways DC-6 at
Lima Airport, an intermediate point on the Braniff routes from Miami
to Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro.
Fleet: 13 Lockheed Super Constellations, ten Constellations, seven Douglas DC-6Bs, two DC-6As, six DC-6s, ten DC-4s, 11
DC-3s, eight Convair 340s, eight Convair 240s, one D.H.89 and one Auster.
L.A.I. (Linee Aeree Italiane, S. p. A.), Rome.—Operates domestic routes and to Israel, France, Spain, Switzerland, Greece,
Turkey, Tunisia, Germany, Egypt, and the U.S.A. Fleet: three Douglas DC-6s, 20 DC-3s and four Convair 240s. On order:
three DC-6Bs.
National Airlines, Inc., Miami.—Operating network through the Eastern States from New York south to Miami and Havana.
Services operate west to New Orleans. Also Miami area heli copter services. Fleet: four Douglas DC-7s, 12 DC-6s, eight
Convair 340s, 11 Lockheed Lodestars and Sirkorsky S-55s.
New Zealand National Airways Corporation, Wellington.— Domestic routes and to Norfolk Island. Fleet: 24 Douglas
DC-3s, four de Havilland Herons, six D.H. 89s and three D.H. Fox Moths.
Northeast Airlines, Inc., Boston.—Serving New York, Mont
real and New England. Fleet: 12 Douglas DC-3s and seven
Convair 240s.
Northwest Airlines, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota.—Trans
continental U.S. network and to Honolulu, Alaska, Japan, Korea,
Formosa, Hongkong and Manila. Fleet: ten Boeing Strato-
cruisers, four Douglas DC-6s, 19 DC-4s and eight DC-3s.
Panagra (Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc.), New York City.
(Associate of Pan American World Airways), Route network
in South America extending north to Miami. Fleet: two Douglas
DC-6Bs, six DC-6s, three DC-4s and ten DC-3s. On order:
five Douglas DC-7s.
Pan American World Airways, Inc., New York City.— Operating a worldwide network with over 60,000 miles of
unduplicated routes. P.A.W.A. carried over 1,500,000 passengers in 1953. Fleet: 27 Boeing Stratocruisers, 45 Douglas DC-6Bs,
27 DC-4s, seven DC-3s, eight Lockheed Constellations and 13 Convair 240s. On order: seven DC-7Bs and three D.H. Comet 3s.
Qantas Empire Airways, Ltd., Sydney. Australia's international airline operating domestic and Pacific regional services in addi
tion to its trunk Kangaroo route to the United Kingdom, its Wallaby service to South Africa and routes to the Philippines,
Hongkong and Japan. Q.E.A. has recently taken over the opera tion of the B.C.P.A. trans-Pacific route to Vancouver. Fleet:
eight Lockheed Super Constellations (in course of delivery), six Constellations, five Douglas DC-4s, 13 DC-3s, four Short Sand-
ringhams, four Convair Catalinas, four D.H. Drovers and five D.H. Dragons.
Sabena (Societe Anonyme Beige d' Exploitation de la Naviga tion Aerienne—Belgian Airlines), Brussels.—Operating Euro
pean and Congo networks and services from Belgium to the U.S.A., Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Belgian Congo, South Africa,
Egypt, Sudan and Uganda. Also operating European helicopter services. Fleet: eight Douglas DC-6Bs, five DC-6s, seven DC-4s,
23 DC-3s, four Convair 240s, three Sikorsky S-55s and some smaller aircraft. On order: eight DC-6Bs and one DC-6A.
Scandinavian Airlines System, Stockholm.—Comprises
Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Air Lines. Operates domestic
services in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, a European network
and long-distance routes to North and South America, South
Africa and the Far East. S.A.S. is pioneering Polar routes. Fleet:
14 Douglas DC-6Bs, 12 DC-6s, four DC-4s, ten DC-3s, six
Saab Scandias and two Junkers Ju 52/3m floatplanes. On order:
two Scandias. S.A.S. may order DC-7s.
Servicos Aereos Cruzeiro do Sul, Ltda., Rio de Janeiro.— Domestic services and to the Argentine. Fleet: 35 Douglas
DC-3s and some smaller aircraft. On order: four Convair 340s.
South African Airways, Johannesburg.—Operating services in the Union and to the Rhodesias, Kenya, Portuguese East Africa,
Uganda, Sudan, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Germany and United Kingdom. Fleet: four Lockheed Constellations, seven Douglas
DC-4s, three DC-3s and 11 Lockheed Lodestars.
Swissair (Swiss Air Transport Co.), Zurich.—Operating Euro
pean services and to the Near East, North and South America.
Fleet: six Douglas DC-6Bs, three DC-4s, 12 DC-3s, seven Con
vair 240s, and one DC-3 freighter.
T.A.I. (Compagnie des Transports Aeiiens Intercontinentaux), Paris.—Operating services from France to French Indo-China,
Madagascar and French West Africa. Fleet: three Douglas DC-6Bs and three DC-4s. On order: three DC-6Bs.
The arrival of the Pan American World Airways' Stratocruiser "Clipper
Yankee" at London Airport. Stratocruisers operate the P.A.A. "President
Special" and the B.O.A.C. "Monarch" North Atlantic services.